Don't Look Back, My Son
1956, Croatian. Directed by Branko Bauer.
Engineer and leftist illegal Neven Novak runs away from a train in which Ustashas transport their prisoners to the prison camp Jasenovac. He returns to Zagreb and tries to save his son Zoran from an orphanage. During his stay in the orphanage, Zoran was indoctrinated with fascist ideology. When he realizes that his father is an enemy of the regime, he refuses to escape with Zoran to the Partisans' territory. Novak faces his son's antagonism and the police that chase after them.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Croatian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Branko BauerDirector
- Bert SotlarNeven Novak
- Lila AndresVera
- Zlatko LukmanZoran Novak
- Mladen HanzlovskyIvica Dobrić
- Radojko JezićLeo
- Stjepan JurčevićIvičin otac
- Greta Kraus-AranickiGreta, Ivičina majka
- Zlatko MadunićAgent
- Tihomir PolanecČistač cipela
- Nikša StefaniniŠef ustaške nadzorne službe
- Vladimir BačićNadstojnik - Poglavnikova odgajališta
- Kolja CarevićCast
Details
- Released
- 15 July 1956
- Original title
- Ne okreći se sine
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Branko Bauer, Arsen Diklić
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Don't Look Back, My Son runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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Don't Look Back, My Son isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 July 1956. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Don't Look Back, My Son?
Don't Look Back, My Son (1956) was directed by Branko Bauer and stars Bert Sotlar, Lila Andres, Zlatko Lukman.